Originally Posted by roundgunner

I have some results.

load---------------------------Governor-------4" 25
260gr RNFP---6.2 Titegroup-----709--------- 780
260gr RNFP---6.5 Titegroup-----751----------805
260gr RNFP---8.5 Unique--------836----------899
260gr RNFP---8.8 Unique--------851----------916

I'm not going to go any hotter. My friend is happy and it is pretty snappy at 850 fps. I would feel pretty good hiking around with it here in the eastern mountains.

A couple bear hunters were going on about the 45 Colt not being enough gun and on and on BUT, we are not talking about hunting bears, we are talking about a light weight revolver he already has to hike with.

I would bet in the last 130+ years many many black bears have been done in with a 45 Colt with no damage to it's owner.